Name	Fabrizio Moretti
Height
Naionality	Brazillian
Date of Birth	2 June 1980
Place of Birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Moving to New York City as an infant, Brazilian-born musician Fabrizio Moretti became interested in drumming when he was three. At age 5, he began slapping the skins and practiced in a sound proofed room in his mother’s apartment. He met future bandmates Nick Valensi and Julian Casablancas eight years later, at the Dwight School in New York (Central Park West).

Originally wanting to become an art teacher, Moretti dropped out college shortly after realizing that his true calling was drumming. He then joined the rock band The Strokes, which consists of Julian Casablancas (lead vocalist, born August 23, 1978), Nikolai Fraiture (bass player, born November 13, 1978), Albert Hammond Jr. (guitarist, born April 9, 1979) and Nick Valensi (guitarist, born January 16, 1981). Since then, Moretti has built a successful career as the group’s drum player.

Moretti and The Stroke released their first album, Is This It, in 2001, and had the sophomore effort Room On Fire two years later, in 2003. Their third album, First Impressions Of Earth, hit the music store in 2006. With these three albums, Moretti and his group have enjoyed much triumph, and continue to skyrocket to prominence.

When on a European tour, Moretti, who was often described as the strokes “mop-headed drummer,” fell out of the tour bus and was not able to play drums for the rest of the tour, or on their drip down under in support of You Am I, who would later support The Strokes in America. As a result, the group hired drummer Matt Romano, who goes on to be The Stroke sound and technician man. Moretti penned song “All The Hours You Wanted,” performed by The Stroke (with Matt Romano on drums, Nick Valensi on guitar and Julian Casablancas on vocals) and is exclusively included at the end credits of Choose or Lose Presents: The Best Place to Start, a 2004 documentary about teenager voting starring Drew Barrymore. The song is greatly influenced by soul music and blues, featuring an organ, soul-influenced bass, and a blues solo. The Strokes’ community know “All The Hours You Wanted” better as “Clear Skies,” from a phrase in the lyrics.